Aha With Alastair

Alastair Willis, music director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, discusses a collaboration with Shakespeare at Notre Dame's executive director Scott Jackson.

This Aha with Alastair podcast focuses on “Silk Road and Strauss”, the opening Jack M Champaigne Masterworks of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra's 2023-24 season.

South Bend Symphony Orchestra Music Director Alastair Willis discusses Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, with insights from pianist Paivi Ekroth.

Alastair Willis, music director of the South Bend SymphonyOrchestra, hosts another Aha with Alastair podcast, discussing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, as well as music by Carter Pann and Mason Bates.

South Bend Symphony Music Director Alastair Willis presents his insights into "Silent City" by Kayhan Kalhor, Brahms Symphony No. 2, and Borodin's over to his opera "Prince Igor."

Alastair Willis, music director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, talks with guest conductor David Lockington

Alastair Willis, music director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, talks with guest conductor David Lockington

South Bend Symphony Music Director Alastair Willis kicks off another season of "Aha with Alastair" with a conversation with his sister, French horn player Sarah Willis, and introductions to "Mozart y Mambo," as well as works by Stravinsky, Bologne, and Milhaud.

Aaron Nichols, Executive Director of the South Bend Civic Theatre, joins Alastair Willis on a theatrical journey to Paris to explore the arts explosion that took place during the late 19th and early 20th century.

For the first time, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra programmed a Masterworks concert consisting solely of African American composers.